Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo lured the Elevator Ghost into the Abandoned Building, where Liu Xueru, Wang Lei, and Liu Yanru ambushed him over his crimes. As the Elevator Ghost suffered defeat, he began inflating his ghostly body to detonate himself and take Lin Luo with him.

• Wang Lei and Liu Xueru led the pursuing Elevator Ghost into the Abandoned Building, where they revealed their true forms and Liu Yanru appeared.
• Liu Yanru confronted the Elevator Ghost over torturing her to death, while Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to block the exit.
• The three ghosts attacked the Elevator Ghost, and the Security Guard Ghost’s presence helped ensure they would not turn on Lin Luo.
• Badly wounded, the Elevator Ghost tried to turn the ghosts against Lin Luo, then swelled his body to prepare to detonate himself.

Lin Luo defeated the Elevator Ghost with the Security Guard Ghost’s help, then recruited three ghosts as Ghost Slaves and tasked them with finding the Drunkard Ghost. At the cafeteria, Lin Luo learned the Drunkard Ghost had visited an hour earlier but could be anywhere.

• The Security Guard Ghost stopped the Elevator Ghost from detonating himself and dissolved him with black mist.
• Lin Luo spared Yanru, Wang Lei, and Liu Xueru, and all three signed Ghost Slave Contracts with him.
• Lin Luo ordered the three new Ghost Slaves to search for the Drunkard Ghost, then left the Abandoned Building with the Security Guard Ghost.
• Lin Luo invited the Security Guard Ghost to eat at the cafeteria, where the Chef Ghosts welcomed them and said the Drunkard Ghost had bought wine on credit an hour earlier.
• The Chef Ghosts told Lin Luo they did not know where the Drunkard Ghost had gone and that he could travel anywhere outside Yellow Springs Hospital’s rules.

Lin Luo continued searching Yellow Springs Hospital for the Drunkard Ghost and encountered a Granny Ghost who demanded that he find her missing eyeballs. After learning about her tragic past, Lin Luo faced her impatience as he prepared to answer how he would find them.

• Lin Luo shared a meal with the Security Guard Ghost, then declined his offer of help and went alone toward the Morgue.
• The new Elevator Ghost threatened Lin Luo, but backed down when Lin Luo revealed his number, 9527, and offered to ask other ghosts to search for the Drunkard Ghost.
• On the way to the Morgue, Lin Luo met a Granny Ghost who demanded that he find her eyeballs in exchange for one wish.
• Lin Luo used Emotion Stitching to calm the Granny Ghost and searched her memories, learning about the losses and hardship that had marked her life.
• The Granny Ghost grew impatient and asked Lin Luo how he planned to find her eyeballs.

Lin Luo recovered Granny Ghost’s eyes and persuaded her to help him locate Drunkard Ghost, who was in the Cold Storage Room on Yellow Springs Hospital’s dangerous Underground Second Floor. After heading down, Lin Luo faced Hanged Ghost and a little girl in red, then invoked his connection to Hospital Director Ghost to deter Hanged Ghost from attacking.

• Lin Luo used the Crimson Demon Finger to discover that Granny Ghost had hidden her missing eyeballs in her pocket, and she put them back in.
• Granny Ghost agreed to search for Drunkard Ghost and sensed that he was in the Cold Storage Room on the Underground Second Floor.
• Despite Granny Ghost’s warning about the dangers below, Lin Luo went down to find Drunkard Ghost before his chance to sign a Companion Ghost contract expired.
• Lin Luo encountered Hanged Ghost and a little girl in red; he dodged Hanged Ghost’s attack with Ghost Shadow Trace.
• Lin Luo claimed that Hospital Director Ghost would punish Hanged Ghost for harming him, making Hanged Ghost hesitate.

Lin Luo outmaneuvered the Hanged Ghost, but the ghost girl destroyed it with one attack and challenged him to hide-and-seek. After using Emotion Stitching to make her fond of him and winning a chance to claim her Red Cord, Lin Luo ran to exploit the ten-minute head start, while she pursued him with confidence.

• Lin Luo dodged the Hanged Ghost's attacks and tangled its tongue, but the ghost girl killed it with a flash from her Ghost Eyes.
• The ghost girl challenged Lin Luo to hide-and-seek, wagering that she could take a piece of his body if she caught him within half an hour and offering her Red Cord if he won.
• Lin Luo agreed to the wager and discreetly used Emotion Stitching during their high five, making the ghost girl develop affection for him.
• When the ghost girl closed her Ghost Eyes to give him ten minutes to hide, Lin Luo decided that hiding would be futile and used Ghost Shadow Trace to run as far as possible.
• The ghost girl opened her eyes and chased Lin Luo at great speed, believing she would catch him before the half-hour ended.

Lin Luo used the Girl Ghost’s love of sweets to evade her and win their game of hide-and-seek. After conceding and handing over the Cursed Red Rope, the Girl Ghost called Lin Luo back as he was about to leave.

• Lin Luo lured the Girl Ghost away with candy, and she repeatedly stopped to eat the sweets he had planted along her routes.
• After finishing the sweets, the Girl Ghost transformed and raced after Lin Luo, nearly catching him.
• Lin Luo threw another lollipop to distract the Girl Ghost, then revealed that time had run out and he had won.
• The Girl Ghost protested that Lin Luo had won through trickery but honored their agreement and gave him the Cursed Red Rope.
• Lin Luo inspected the high-tier ghost artifact and started to leave, but the Girl Ghost called him back.

Lin Luo learned that the Drunkard Ghost had left Yellow Springs Hospital and would be gone for several days, putting Lin Luo’s chance to contract with him before the seven-day deadline in danger. He befriended the powerful Ghost Loli by giving her sweets, but she attached herself to him as his self-appointed bodyguard and stayed with him the next morning.

• The Ghost Loli paid Lin Luo in Ghost Coins for sweets and told him the Drunkard Ghost had left Yellow Springs Hospital to find booze, likely for several days.
• Lin Luo took the Ghost Loli to the cafeteria, where the Chef Ghosts gave him a large pile of sweets, and he handed them all to her.
• The Ghost Loli followed Lin Luo to his dorm room and declared she would be his personal bodyguard, then took over his bed.
• The next morning, the Ghost Loli accompanied Lin Luo to breakfast and revealed her power by exerting pressure with her red ghostly eyes.

Lin Luo accompanied Ghost Loli after Director Ghost excused him from work, and kept her from leaving Yellow Springs Hospital by luring her to the Cafeteria for sweets. Ghost Loli promised him a Permanent Identity Card if he kept her happy, giving Lin Luo a chance to remain at the hospital and continue searching for Drunkard Ghost.

• Ghost Loli interrupted Director Ghost's work assignment and demanded that Lin Luo play with her, but Director Ghost approved and assigned Zhang Zhihao and Liu Yanyan their work.
• Ghost Loli asked Lin Luo to go shopping outside, but he redirected her to the Cafeteria, where she devoured all the sweets the Chef Ghosts had prepared.
• When the Cafeteria ran out of sweets, Ghost Loli proposed going out to buy more, and Lin Luo explained that he still needed to find Drunkard Ghost before his three days at the hospital were over.
• Ghost Loli offered Lin Luo a Permanent Identity Card if he kept her happy, and Lin Luo agreed to do his best as long as her requests stayed within his abilities.

Lin Luo accompanied Ghost Loli onto the Death Bus, where his former classmates were among the passengers. After he killed the Stuffed-to-Death Ghost, Wang Hao and Four-Eyed Frog cowered in fear.

• Ghost Loli protected Lin Luo from a starving ghost and scared away the ghosts stalking him.
• Lin Luo and Ghost Loli boarded the Death Bus, where the driver noticed Lin Luo’s unusual presence and generous fare.
• Lin Luo found three surviving classmates aboard, including Lin Xiaojing, Wang Hao, and Liao Qi, while another classmate had been killed.
• The Stuffed-to-Death Ghost threatened Lin Luo, and Wang Hao and Liao Qi insulted him as Lin Xiaojing urged him to apologize.
• Lin Luo gouged out the Stuffed-to-Death Ghost’s eyes and destroyed it with a punch, leaving Wang Hao and Liao Qi terrified.

After Wang Hao paid Lin Luo a million to protect him, the Death Bus reached Mass Grave, where a Drowned Ghost boarded and eyed the passengers. Lin Luo told Wang Hao to stay quiet, leaving the ghost’s threat unresolved.

• The ghost driver tore off Liao Qi’s left arm and ate the flesh after Liao Qi relieved himself on the bus.
• Wang Hao turned against Liao Qi, and the two traded insults until the ghost driver threatened to rip out their tongues.
• Wang Hao transferred a million to Lin Luo for protection, and Ghost Loli warned him not to curse at Lin Luo.
• The Death Bus stopped at Mass Grave, and Wang Hao and Liao Qi were injured when they fell while Lin Xiaojing steadied herself.
• A Drowned Ghost boarded the bus and eyed the passengers, and Lin Luo told Wang Hao to keep quiet.